COLLABORATION
AND PARTNERSHIPS
Since opening in 2002, the Agronomy Institute has
formed many partnerships with research and development organisations,
local authoritites and SMEs to deliver a wide range of agriculture based
projects.
Local Collaborations
Name |
Activity
|
Programme |
Barony Mill
|
Charitable Trust |
Development of local cereals for milling |
COPE Ltd (Shetland) |
Horticultural SME |
New Plants for the North |
HIE (Orkney)
|
Enterprise and Development body |
Near Market research into the potential of
fruit and berry crops in Orkney |
HIE (Shetland)
|
Enterprise and Development body |
Research into potential uses of wild plants
in Unst |
Highland Park Distillery
(Orkney) |
International Whisky Producer |
Screening malting barley varieties for Orkney |
J.F Groundwater Bakery
(Orkney)
|
SME |
Development of a range of biscuits using locally
grown cereals. |
Orkney Housing Association Ltd |
Housing Association |
Biomass for energy Programmes |
Orkney Islands Council |
Local Authority |
PelleTIME |
Orkney Island Council
(St Colms Centre) |
Local Horticultural development and Centre
for People with Learning difficulties |
New Plants for the North |
Orkney Renewable Energy Forum
|
Renewable energy development group |
Biomass and Biofuel Research |
Shetland Islands Council |
Local Authority |
PelleTime |
The Orkney Creamery |
SME |
Development of a barley water using Bere barley |
Valhalla Brewery (Shetland)
|
SME |
Use of Bere barley to make a specialist ale.
|
Westray Development Trust
|
Enterprise and Development body |
Near Market research into the potential of
fruit and berry crops in Orkney |
William Shearers |
Horticultural and Seed Merchants |
New Plants for the North |
National
Collaborations
Name |
Activity
|
Programme |
| Alzeim
Ltd |
SME
(Wales) |
Daffodil
extracts for Alzheimer Research |
Bruichladdich
Distillery
|
SME |
Isle
of Islay Production of Bere Whisky using Bere Barley |
Crofters
Commission
|
NGO |
Research
into the effects of alternative crops on biodiversity |
Environmental
Research Institute
|
Research
Institute, part of UHI North Highland College |
Willow
and Biomass research |
Essentially
Scottish Botanicals Ltd. |
SME |
High
value plant extracts Sweet Gale |
HIE
(Inverness and Highlands)
|
Enterprise
and Development body |
Investigating
the potential for increasing the use of plant-based ingredients
by Highlands & Islands food and drink companies Arnica Research |
Highland
Birchwoods |
SME,
Not for Profit Research Company |
PelleTIME |
Highland
Natural Products
|
SME |
High
value plant extracts Developing wild plants as sources of flavourants
and cosmetic/pharmaceutical products |
Inverness
College UHI: Centre for Resource Management
|
Research
Institute, part of UHI Inverness College |
Willow
and Biomass research
Arnica
Research |
Isle
of Arran Distillers
|
SME
|
Production
of a new Whisky using Bere Barley |
Macaulay
Land Use Research Institute |
Research
Institute |
Bere
barley research |
Scottish
Natural Heritage
|
NGO |
Research
into the effects of alternative crops on biodiversity |
The
Boots Company Plc |
Pharmaceutical
company |
Sweet
Gale |
University
of Aberdeen |
University |
Bere
barley research
Willow
research |
International Collaborations
Name |
Country |
Activity | Programme |
Agricultural University of Iceland |
Iceland |
Agricultural Research |
PelleTIME |
Department of Landscape Planning,
Agricultural University of Iceland |
Iceland |
Agricultural research |
New Plants for the North |
Finland |
Forestry Research |
PelleTIME |
|
Iceland |
Forest Research |
PelleTIME |
|
Iceland |
Forest Research |
PelleTIME |
|
Finland |
Enterprise and Development body |
PelleTIME |
|
Finland |
Agriculture and Food research |
New Plants for the North |
|
Finland |
Applied Biological Research |
PelleTIME |
|
Finland |
Applied Science |
PelleTIME |
|
Sweden |
Local Municipality |
New Plants for the North |
|
Sweden |
Conservation and research |
New Plants for the North |
|
Sweden |
Agricultural sciences Research |
PelleTIME |
|
Finland |
Research |
PelleTIME |